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Country context
Since 2011, Syria has been in a humanitarian crisis that has turned into a widespread conflict of extreme violence, leading 5 million Syrians to flee their country, and millions of others to be displaced within the country. Even today, civilians continue to suffer the consequences of a conflict marked by unprecedented suffering. In 2024, more than 16 million people need humanitarian assistance, including more than 3 million in hard-to-reach areas, where they are exposed to serious threats to their protection.
Living amidst atrocities and permanent insecurity, children and young people are the primary victims of this conflict and suffer considerable trauma.
Solinfo has been enabling children affected by the Syrian conflict to experience some semblance of childhood through the vital practice of visual arts since 2012. Working for the well-being of children and youth, three partner associations in northeastern Syria under the “Colorfull Syria” project receive several hundred children every week through visual arts workshops. Solinfo provides funding and training for over 10 years, allowing more than 1,000 children to benefit from this program.
At a minimum of one to two hours per week, the visual arts and play workshops of the “Colorful Syria” program welcome children and youth aged 6 to 14, selected by our partners in displaced camps. They benefit from psychosocial support in reassuring spaces dedicated to childhood, aiming to:
Visual arts and play are effective means of personal construction and development. For young people whose childhood is shaped amid violence, it has been proven that these spaces of expression and play allow emotions to surface and contribute to the process of reconstruction, at a minimum.
Children receive a snack during these sessions and are regularly monitored.
